With the proud support of  The Iacocca Foundation and Herb Chambers, Joslin Diabetes Center presents an exclusive raffle benefiting Joslin’s High Hopes Fund. Enter to win this Limited 45th Anniversary Edition Iacocca Mustang and help raise critical support for the ongoing fight against diabetes.

All proceeds from the raffle will go directly to Joslin’s High Hopes Fund which supports the Center’s greatest needs in research, education and clinical care.

Only 2,500 tickets will be sold!

Don’t miss your opportunity to win this priceless piece of moving artwork!

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Herb Chambers Porsche, Driven Perfection & Jet Set Events Present:

Herb Chambers, Jet Set Events & Driven Perfection present the new line of Porsche Cayenne for 2011!
2011 Porsche Cayenne Launch Party
Experience A New Level Of Utility & Performance

• Date: Thursday July 29th 2010
• Time: 6:00PM – 9:00PM
• Place: Showcase Live! @ Patriot Place, Foxboro MA
• Directions
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This Event Is By Invitation Only – To Receive Your Official Invitation Please RSVP To: JetSetEvents@Comcast.net

About the new Porsche 2011 Cayenne’s

Vehicle Highlights

The 2011 Porsche Cayenne is redesigned, with freshened styling, more power, and the brand’s first gas/electric hybrid model. Cayenne is Porsche’s SUV and shares elements of its basic design with the Volkswagen Touareg. Cayenne differs in styling and powertrains. Base, S, Turbo, and S Hybrid models are available. Base Cayennes have a new 300-horsepower 3.6-liter V6 engine. S and Turbo versions have 4.8-liter V8 engines with 400 and 500 horsepower, respectively. A 6-speed manual transmission is standard on the Base. Available on that model and standard on all others is an 8-speed automatic. Maximum towing capacity is 7,716 pounds. All Cayennes have all-wheel drive with low-range gearing for off-road use and locking center differential.

The Cayenne S Hybrid has a supercharged 3.0-liter V6 engine that pairs with a battery-powered electric motor for 380 horsepower total. The hybrid system allows Cayenne to run on one or both of its power sources to balance acceleration and fuel economy. No plug-in charging is necessary. The S Hybrid also uses an 8-speed automatic transmission. Available safety features include ABS, traction control, an antiskid system with rollover sensors, front-side airbags, and curtain-side airbags. A navigation system is available. Standard on the Turbo and optional on the Base and S is an adjustable air suspension. Also standard on the Turbo and optional on the Base and S is Porsche Active Suspension Management, which automatically adjusts suspension damping based on road conditions. Blind-spot alert and adaptive cruise control are optional.

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Herb Chambers enters the mobile Media market with iPhone App

To Download the App – CLICK HERE

Herb Chambers Companies, Jay Gubala continues the drive to keep the company on the technology edge to attract new customers and offer every available convenience to its loyal customer base. 

The addition of the sleek app is one more step in that direction.  The Herb Chambers iPhone App is a clean and versatile addition to the growing media mix offered by Herb Chambers Companies.  The Herb Chambers app features an excellent graphic interface and a complete inventory of every new and pre owned vehicle, make and model available real time by Herb Chambers Companies. 

Herb Chambers Companies continues to set the technology bar high

Gumiyo was the company chosen by Jay Gubala for the development of the Herb Chambers iPhone and Android Apps.

Herb Chambers Mobile for iPhone provides up-to-date New and Used car listings as well as the ability to book service appointments. The mission of Herb Chambers mobile is to provide the highest quality service to our customers in the sale and repair of their motor vehicles.

Herb Chambers Mobile:

• Complete New and Used vehicle listing information
• Service Scheduler
• Quick Contact any Herb Chambers dealership
• Payment calculator
• Store hours, map and driving directions and more!

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The tiny Smart car, fighting sluggish US sales, is getting a jolt under the seats.

That is where the lithium-ion battery pack sits in the new electric version of the two-seater, located where its 8.7-gallon gas tank used to be.

The Smart ForTwo Electric Drive made its local debut yesterday at the Herb Chambers dealership in Somerville. Taking a cue from BMW, which leased its prototype electric Mini Cooper last year to 500 American drivers, Smart is bringing 250 test models of its electric car to the United States. They will be available through special lease programs, but most will be sold to corporate fleets.

Smart plans to build 1,500 before official production begins in 2012. The four-year lease is expected to cost $31,500, about $10,000 more than the most expensive gasoline-powered Smart, according to Derek Kaufman, one of the brand’s vice presidents.

“What we’re really trying to promote here is the electrification of transportation,’’ he said.

The Smart car, made by Daimler AG, was introduced in Europe in 1998, and brought to the US market two years ago, when gas prices hovered around $4. Nearly 25,000 of the tiny two-seaters were sold that year.

Now that fuel prices have ebbed, Smart has struggled to market a microcar with scant luggage space and average fuel economy. Smart’s US sales through June are down 61 percent over last year, with only 577 sold last month. Herb Chambers, who owns two Smart dealerships, says that in a “good month,’’ he sells up to 20 of the cars.

“If fuel were $4 a gallon, there wouldn’t be a car sitting here,’’ Chambers said in his Somerville showroom.

Other than green wheels, decals, and two circular gauges atop the dashboard to show battery life and available power, there’s no apparent difference from the regular Smart. Power cables stow inside the tailgate, and the motor and other electrical components hide under the cargo floor.

Despite adding roughly 300 pounds worth of batteries engineered by California-based Tesla Motors, the 8-foot, 10-inch ForTwo barely weighs a ton. Maximum speed tops out at 60 miles per hour and its range is 84 miles. A complete charge from a standard outlet takes about eight hours.

Later this year, a wave of electric cars is expected to go on sale.

Buyers of electric cars can qualify for up to $7,500 in federal tax credits.

Clifford Atiyeh can be reached at catiyeh@globe.com.

  Herb Chambers Cars and Coffee Events are held monthly.

These events are all well attended. 

It’s New England’s newest car event showcasing antique, classic, exotic, hotrods, motorcycles and motorsports collections from the New England area and around the world!

Herb Chambers Cars and Coffee have become quite a must event for the car enthusiast population of New England!  

The past two events have been tremendously successful.  

In July Herb brought his McLaren F-1 to the event.

 Be a part of the Herb Chambers Cars and Coffee event in August!

Saturday, August 14th, 2010 from 7:00am to 10am at
Herb Chambers Flagship Motorcars 385 Broadway, Lynnfield, MA 01940
Herb will be bringing his twin Daytona’s to the event!

Herb Chambers Car Collection – Herb’s Twin Daytonas!

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Includes  Photos by Michael Manning as part of an advertising supplement to the Boston Globe

Dear  reader: Advertising research tells us that “you” are part of a valued readership demographic, one that’s targeted by upscale automobile dealers.

Thus, we bring you to the pinnacle of upscale: the 2011 Bentley Mulsanne, the marque’s new flagship vehicle. If you have to ask, the MSRP is $285,000.

Bentley had an array of its vehicles, past and present, on display at the Boston Harbor Hotel in late April. However, the centerpiece — the Mulsanne — remained under a cover in the hotel’s waterfront gazebo.

On hand to help introduce the car was Emma Northey, great granddaughter of company founder W.O. Bentley. She had been “stranded” in her Boston home by the volcanic ash cloud that kept her from flying back to England for a wedding.

Northey grew up surrounded by Bentleys and only later realized that the “Matchbox” toy cars she played with as a child were actually custom models of Bentleys past, present, and proposed.

Helping her unveil the Mulsanne were Christophe Georges, president and COO, Bentley Motors, Inc.; Herb Chambers, owner of the Bentley Boston dealership; and Paul Downey, salesman (the title doesn’t come close to describing the man) at Bentley Boston.

Chambers, who sells more than 40,000 cars per year at his 48 (and counting) dealerships, was positively passionate about the Mulsanne. The first one that arrives at his dealership will be the launch/promotional vehicle; the second will be for him. “I’m ordering it in white — bright white,” he says, “That’s the hottest color going right now.”

 For him, Bentley isn’t about sales volume — it’s about passion for the cars. “I’m projecting we’ll sell 60 Bentleys this year … if we can get them,” he says. As for the Mulsanne, Downey got three “golden handshakes” at the event for the car, which will hit the showroom this fall. “I could feel a real current of excitement when the car was unveiled,” Downey says.

Chambers says what we all realize. “All of these luxury cars are fabulous performers. You can compare them to ice cream. Which flavor do you prefer? In the end, people buy with their eyes, not by how the cars perform.”

The unveiled Mulsanne turned out to be in a color called Brodgar, to my eye one of those earth tones in the sage-beige-green family. It’s one of 114 “standard” colors available. Of course, Bentley will be happy to build you one in the color of your choice. You’ll also have a choice of 24 “standard” interior colors and 23 seatbelt colors.

Build time is nine weeks. However, Georges says, “It will be a year before you get it because they can only build so many and the orders are arriving.”

The Mulsanne succeeds the Arnage as flagship. Both names come from Bentley’s racing success at Le Mans. The Mulsanne originally was a 3.7-mile straightaway on which race cars topped 200 miles per hour, then having to brake heavily to take the sharp Mulsanne corner.

This new Mulsanne might be capable of those speeds; however, top speed is “limited” to 184 mph. It’s a rear-wheel-drive sedan, powered by a 6.75-liter V-8 that produces 505 horsepower and 752 lb.-ft. of torque. That flows through an eight-speed automatic transmission.

An air suspension system offers the driver four options: sport, comfort, “Bentley,” or custom. An automatic system adjusts vehicle height to speed and road conditions.

The Mulsanne is filled with the latest technology. There are satellite navigation, Bluetooth, audio-video with 60 GB hard drive, and a not-to-hidden compartment to hook up USB, mini-USB, standard auxiliary, and Apple devices.

An owner’s “personalized” key sets most everything: favorite radio stations, seat, climate control, phone book, steering wheel position, seatbelt tension, and privacy blinds.

Rear seat passengers have fully adjustable reclining seats, each with individual climate controls.

 Mrs. G found it so comfortable in the rear seat that we thought she didn’t want to exit the car. It turned out that she’d locked herself in and needed to be “rescued” by one of Bentley’s guests, who observed, “Maybe she was trying to tell us that she’d really like to own one.”

The bodywork, starting from the optional retractable “Flying B” hood ornament, is a combination of creases and curves that ring with traditional Bentley styling cues. The aluminum metalwork is done via a “superforming” process taken from the aerospace industry. “Some of those creases are where another manufacturer would place a chrome strip because they can’t produce that shape,” says Chambers.

The Mulsanne’s unique feature is a pair of round headlamps surround by a ring of LED lights.  Those flank the trademark matrix grille in a “brightware” finish, the result of a 10-hour production process.

A first view from any angle makes anyone who appreciates fine cars catch their breath.

And, yes, it has cupholders.

NEW YORK—Normally, one of the best jobs in the world has to be Bentley’s US president and COO. That is, unless you are Christophe Georges on a Thursday morning in the Chelsea section of Manhattan and your company’s new car petulantly refuses to come off the car carrier.

Such was the case as Georges, who works out of Bentley’s Boston office, stood before a gathering of automotive media to make the Northeast introduction of the 2011 Bentley Mulsanne, the latest entry to the ultra-high luxury segment that is populated solely by the likes of Rolls Royce and Maybach.

“The challenge for me is I was supposed to show you a new car,” Georges said. “This is only the seventh car made. These things are going to happen.”

Miscues aside, the Mulsanne is a fine compilation of craftsmanship. “This car is totally consistent with our values, Bentley’s DNA,” he said. “This is our interpretation of the best car in the world.”

Bentley US president and COO Christophe Georges, left, talks with Jim MacPherson of The Hartford Courant at the Manhattan launch event.

Coming off of sales of 10,000 worldwide in 2007, Georges said sales dropped to 7,609 in 2008, which has lead to belt tightening and 10 percent reductions in salary. Sales might hit the 5,000 mark by the end of 2009.

Approximately 700 models will be made annually. Pricing will be announced by mid-November, but Georges did say it would cost more than the Arnage, the model it replaces, that boasts a window sticker starting at $270,000. Orders will be taken once pricing is announced with delivery of the first models to the US expected in the third quarter of 2010.

Underneath the hood sits a 6.75-liter (or six and three-quarter liter, in Bentley speak) V-8 rated at 503 horsepower and an eye-popping 752 lb.-ft. of torque that reaches its peak at a low 1,800 rpm. The pushrod engine is mated to an eight-speed automatic drive-by-wire transmission that can be shifted from the steering wheel, a first for Bentley.

Even the ultra-rich want to conserve fuel. The V-8 has variable displacement technology (just like the pedestrian Hemi 5.7-liter V-8 found in Chryslers everywhere) that will shut off four cylinders when not needed. Bentley promises a seamless engagement of the full eight cylinders when needed. In spite of this fuel-efficient technology, the Mulsanne will still come with a gas-guzzler tax.

The Mulsanne’s D-pillars are testament to the building done by hand. More than two dozen man hours are invested in putting them together because it is sheet metal work that, at this point, can only be done by skilled craftsmen. It’s a marvel to inspect this car and see no visible weld spots or seams.

With ultra-high luxury comes the expectation of the latest technology and the Mulsanne does not disappoint. It has a multimedia system with a 40 GB hard drive that runs the satellite navigation, audio/video, personal data, telephone, and Bluetooth connectivity.
The dash has an 8-inch multimedia screen that sits behind an electrically operated veneered door. Below it is a leather-lined MP3-player storage drawer.

Not just any cow makes the cut when it comes to Bentley leather. According to spokesman David Reuter, the cows live in colder climes to reduce the insect bites that could mar their hides. They’re also free-range bovines because it wouldn’t do to have Bessie brush against an electric fence.

Bessie also may not want to stand too close to a finished Mulsanne or she faces hearing loss. The Mulsanne, which could arguably be called the ultimate in refinement, will come with an optional 2,200-watt sound system with 20 speakers. Its nearest competitor among manufacturer installed equipment will be a 1,200-watt sound system from Jaguar. Bentley says its system delivers unparalleled sound quality but it seems as if some ear drums could bleed blue if this system is ever cranked up to its full potential. One wonders how the Mulsanne’s windows will survive the aural onslaught.

It seems almost impossible, but the Mulsanne has almost 40 percent more wood than the Arnage. Attention to detail is seen in the “ring of wood” waistrail in the passenger compartment with an unbroken panel of wood gracing the Mulsanne’s dashboard.

The Bentley 2011 Mulsanne is avaible from Herb Chambers Companies – CLICK HERE!

Kevin Youkilis of the Red Sox has a new job: When not slugging for the home town team, he’ll be moonlighting as a pitchman for Herb Chambers Companies., a network of 46 automotive dealerships in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

The company said Youkilis has agreed to a two-year endorsement deal. The agreement calls for the baseball star to appear in Herb Chambers commercials and to provide autographed items to dealerships for customer appreciation and community events. In exchange, Herb Chambers Cos. said it will provide Youkilis with a two-year lease on an Audi A8 from Chambers’ Audi Burlington dealership.

A Chambers press release included the photo that appears with this post. Pictured left to right are Audi Burlington general manager George Chambers, Youkilis, and Herb Chambers. In the background is an Audi A8.

Business Update via Boston Globe

This Saturday the next Herb Chambers Cars & Coffee takes place at the Lexus Dealership in Sharon MA!

If you haven’t been to one of htese events yet this is your chance!  The weather is supposed to be gorgeous!

Showcasing antique, classic, exotic, hotrods, motorcycles and motorsports collections from the New England area and around the world!

Herb Chambers Cars and Coffee is for motoring enthusiasts looking for a place to take their ride, share stories and admire each other’s pride and joy

When

Saturday, May 8, 2010 from 7:00am to 11am

Where

Herb Chambers Lexus
25 Providence Highway
Sharon, MA
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Who

All enthusiasts including antique, classic, exotic, hotrods, motorcycles and motorsports are invited to attend and there will be plenty of free parking for your vehicle.

Free Coffee Mugs for the first 300 attendees!

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